I'm also having similar issues.
I live overseas and do not make a lot of money ($30k). And there is a bunch withheld.
This year, when I did the Foreign Income Exclusion, I qualified and it said all my income was excluded.
BUT... my return went way down.
It happened as soon as I put in my dates of living overseas. As soon as it saw I lived overseas for the year, my return went decreased by 80%.
Previously, making about the same amount of money, as soon as I excluded my income, my return went way up. This year was different. Wierd
